1. overran settled communities and created their own empire
2.domesticated animals for both food and clothing
3. moved along migratory routes to provide steady sources of nourishment for their animals
4. made long-distant trades by carring products btw. civilized centers
5. often passed on new technology developments, such as the use of bronze and iron
B. Indo-European- refers to a particular group of people who used language dervised from a single parent tongue
1. their languages included: greek, latin, persian, sanskrit, and the germanic languages
2. began to move in Europe, India, and werstern Asia
C. Hitties- created their empire in western Asia to threaten the Egyptains
1.the first of the Indo-europeans to make use of iron.
a. enabled them to use weapons that were stronger and cheaper to maker because of the widespread of iron ore
D. "sea people"- destroyed and weakened the hitties kingdom in 1200 B.C.
1. allowed a number of small kingdoms and ciy-states to emerge, espiecally in the area of syria and
II. The Phoenicians- lived in the area of Palestine along the mediterranean coast on a narrow band of 120 miles long
A. The Phoenicians help ed the hitties and the eyptains expand their trade on their basic's of properity
1. produced a number of goods for foreign markets ( including: purple dye, glass, and lumber from te cedar forests of lebanon)
2. improved their ships
3. became great international sea traders
4.created a trade empire
5. set up a number of colonies in the western meditweeanean
6. best known for their use of the alphabet that was based on the english
7. spoke semitic languages which simplified of 22 different signs to represent the sounds of their speech
III. The "children of Israel"
A. Israelites- minor factor in the politics of their religion- known as Judaism
1. influenced the religions of christianity and Islam
2. eventually recored in written form on the hebrew bible( parts of the old testament)
3. migrated from mesopotamia to palestine
4. followed a lifestyle based on glazing flocks and herds rather than on farming
5. migrated to eypt because of a drought, until moses led them out
6. organized into tribes, who established a united kingdom known as Israel
B. King Solomon- ruled the Israelites from abt. 970 to 930 B.C. and took over palestine and made Jersalem the capital of Isreal
1. best known for building a temple in the city of jerusalem
and his widom
2. made Israel at the top of its power
3. ordered his servent to cut a child in half
4. death
C. Fight btw. north and southern tribes led to the seperation of Israel & Judah Kingdoms
D. Assyrians overran Israel in 722 B.C.
E. Israelites - known as the "ten lost tribes" merged with neighboring peoples and gradually lost their idenity
F. The Chaldeans deafeted Assyria, conquered Judah, and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C.
H. The Persians destroyed the chaldean kingdom, and forced Juda to rebuild Jersulem
I. Jewish beliefs believe that there is only but one god-yahweh (creator of the world and everything around it)
J. Jews were Monotheistic- having one god
K. 3 most important aspects of Jewish religion
1. covenant- which was a contact made by god to the jews beliefs abt. moses leading his people out of bondage into the promise land during the exodus from egypt
2. law-composed of the ten commandments(law of god)
3. prophets-(religious teachers) was believed by jews that they were sent by god to serve as his voice to his people
L. The golden age of Prophecy began in the mid- 18th century
M. Hebrew tradition of Jewish Profits couldn't claim they along knew the will of god, since it was not writen down
outline 2.3
I. the role of nomadic peoples
A. Pastoral nomads (most Important)
1. overran settled communities and created their own empire
2. domesticated animals for both food and clothing
3. moved along migratory routes to provide steady sources of nourishment for their animals
4. made long-distant trades by carring products btw. civilized centers
5. often passed on new technology developments, such as the use of bronze and iron
B. Indo-European- refers to a particular group of people who used language dervised from a single parent tongue
1. their languages included: greek, latin, persian, sanskrit, and the germanic languages
2. began to move in Europe, India, and werstern Asia
C. Hitties- created their empire in western Asia to threaten the Egyptains
1.the first of the Indo-europeans to make use of iron.
a. enabled them to use weapons that were stronger and cheaper to maker because of the widespread of iron ore
D. "sea people"- destroyed and weakened the hitties kingdom in 1200 B.C.
1. allowed a number of small kingdoms and ciy-states to emerge, espiecally in the area of syria and
II. The Phoenicians- lived in the area of Palestine along the mediterranean coast on a narrow band of 120 miles long
A. The Phoenicians help ed the hitties and the eyptains expand their trade on their basic's of properity
1. produced a number of goods for foreign markets ( including: purple dye, glass, and lumber from te cedar forests of lebanon)
2. improved their ships
3. became great international sea traders
4.created a trade empire
5. set up a number of colonies in the western meditweeanean
6. best known for their use of the alphabet that was based on the english
7. spoke semitic languages which simplified of 22 different signs to represent the sounds of their speech
III. The "children of Israel"
A. Israelites- minor factor in the politics of their religion- known as Judaism
1. influenced the religions of christianity and Islam
2. eventually recored in written form on the hebrew bible( parts of the old testament)
3. migrated from mesopotamia to palestine
4. followed a lifestyle based on glazing flocks and herds rather than on farming
5. migrated to eypt because of a drought, until moses led them out
6. organized into tribes, who established a united kingdom known as Israel
B. King Solomon- ruled the Israelites from abt. 970 to 930 B.C. and took over palestine and made Jersalem the capital of Isreal
1. best known for building a temple in the city of jerusalem
and his widom
2. made Israel at the top of its power
3. ordered his servent to cut a child in half
4. death
C. Fight btw. north and southern tribes led to the seperation of Israel & Judah Kingdoms
D. Assyrians overran Israel in 722 B.C.
E. Israelites - known as the "ten lost tribes" merged with neighboring peoples and gradually lost their idenity
F. The Chaldeans deafeted Assyria, conquered Judah, and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C.
H. The Persians destroyed the chaldean kingdom, and forced Juda to rebuild Jersulem
I. Jewish beliefs believe that there is only but one god-yahweh (creator of the world and everything around it)
J. Jews were Monotheistic- having one god
K. 3 most important aspects of Jewish religion
1. covenant- which was a contact made by god to the jews beliefs abt. moses leading his people out of bondage into the promise land during the exodus from egypt
2. law-composed of the ten commandments(law of god)
3. prophets-(religious teachers) was believed by jews that they were sent by god to serve as his voice to his people
L. The golden age of Prophecy began in the mid- 18th century
M. Hebrew tradition of Jewish Profits couldn't claim they along knew the will of god, since it was not writen down